FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH OF WAUWATOSA

 

July 11, 2004

 

MORNING WORSHIP 10:00 A.M.

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

 

GATHERING MUSIC

 

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS                                               Rev. Samuel Schaal

 

THE PRELUDE                                   Baroque Suite                                                  Johnson

                                                                       

CALL TO WORSHIP                                                                                        Marilyn Auer

Liturgist:    Come, all you weary and hurting,

People:     Here God binds our wounds.

Liturgist:    Here, enter into the grace of forgiveness,

People:     Here, taste the living water of renewal.

Liturgist:    Come from a busy week and anxious worry,

People:     Here find stillness, the oil and wine of healing.

All:            Come from your journeys to this gathered people, come to the mercy

                  of the Living God.

 

*HYMN 415                          In Christ There Is No East or West          

 

*PRAYER OF INVOCATION AND LORDŐS PRAYER (Unison)

Gracious God, we gather to worship you. Your Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence, a new way of being in the world with our neighbors, our brothers and sisters. Give us pure hearts and steadfast wills so that we might love you with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength and with all our mind. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who taught us to pray, sayingÉ

 

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread;

and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom,  and the power, and the glory, for ever.  Amen.

 

*THE GLORIA PATRI (Hymn 513)

 

THE NEW TESTAMENT LESSON Colossians 1:1-14                               Bible, page 1026

 

THE CHILDRENŐS STORY                                                                           Carrie Sgarlata                                                                       

*HYMN 423                       Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life                                           

      (Children 2nd grade and lower are dismissed to Sunday School during the hymn.)

 

THE PSALMODY (Unison)                   Psalm 82                                         Bible, page 511

 

THE GOSPEL LESSON                    Luke 10:25-37                                    Bible, page 902

 

ANTHEM                                             In the Garden                                                  arr. Uhr

                                                          The Steeple Belles

 

CALL TO PRAYER and SILENT MEDITATION                                                               

 

THE PRAYER OF MINISTER AND PEOPLE

 

THE SERMON                    ŇThe Story of the Bad SamaritanÓ                           Rev. Schaal

 

THE OFFERTORY

 

ANTHEM                                      Old Time Hymn Medley                                    arr. Bromert

                                                          The Steeple Belles                     

 

*DOXOLOGY  (Hymn 515)

 

*PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING

 

*HYMN (insert)                      Creating God, Your Fingers Trace           

 

*CHARGE and BENEDICTION

                                                The Lord Bless You and Keep You                             arr. Fellows

                                                          The Steeple Belles                                                                                                                                                                                                         

POSTLUDE                                  Allegro from Symphony I                                             Boyce                                                                                                                                               

 

*The congregation is invited to stand.

 

TodayŐs chancel flowers are given by
 Dan Johnson and Deb Harding

in thanksgiving to God for His goodness to us.

 

 

SERVING July 11, 2004

Head Greeters: Mark Hendrickson, David Moore

Head Ushers: Susie Daigneau, Julie Sheridan-Smith

Ushers: 10:00 a.m. Captain: Bill Edens, Susie Daigneau, Lissa Edens, Jeff Saeger, Jim VerDuin

Greeters: 10:00 a.m. Rob, Traci, Emma & Paige Elliott

Acolytes: 10:00 a.m. Molly & Shannon Rowbottom

 

 

CARE  FOR  CHILDREN

A nursery for infants and toddlers is available during the 10 A.M. service.

Children 2nd grade and below will be dismissed to Sunday School during the 10 A.M. service.

 

About our quartet: The members of The Steeple Belles are church members Marj Fowler, Diane Houriet, Nan Cleveland and Charmaine LaBelle. They all sing in our church choirs

and have performed at some of our all-church dinners.

 

Worship Preview for Sunday, July 18, 10:00 A.M.

Dr. Peay will present the message entitled, ŇGetting It Together and Keeping It Together. Ralph Ehlert is our organist. Jill Bruss, Mezzo-Soprano, is our guest soloist.

 

Maurie Daigneau will lead the MenŐs Bible Study Group at 6:30 a.m.

on Wednesday, July 14 this month in Friendship Lounge.
(This is a date change
.)

 All are welcome, including guests.  Refreshments are served.

 

 

CALENDAR WEEK OF July 11, 2004

SUNDAY, July 11

10:00 a.m. Worship/Children in Church/ Sunday School ages 3-2nd grade

11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour-Lounge

3:00 p.m. @Mt. Morris-WCA Camp

 

MONDAY, July 12

@Mt. Morris-WCA Camp

7:00 p.m. Bd/Trustees-R.C.

8:00 p.m. AA-LL5

 

TUESDAY, July 13

@Mt. Morris-WCA Camp

7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts-LL5

8:30 p.m. MenŐs Baseball @ Whitman Field

 

WEDNESDAY, July 14

@Mt. Morris-WCA Camp

6:30 a.m. MenŐs Bible Study-Lounge

6:00 p.m. Sausage & Brat Fest-Ridge Ct.

7:00 p.m. Air Command Orch.-LL1

 

THURSDAY, July 15

@Mt. Morris-WCA Camp

9:00 a.m. Big Band rehearsal-SH, Music Jamboree-LL2

 

FRIDAY, July 16

@Mt. Morris-WCA Camp

 

SATURDAY, July 17

until 12:30 p.m. @Mt. Morris-WCA Camp

 

 

 

In case of emergency, a minister is on call at  414-205-0519.

 

For those who wear a hearing aid, our Nave is equipped with an FM loop system. To access the system, set your hearing aid to the ŇTÓ setting.

 

Welcome to all visitors joining us today. Please  check the welcome tables at the back of the Nave or in the hallways for fliers with information about scheduled activities.

 

The following students will be attending WCA Senior High Camp this week: Sarah Berte, Maelyn Geisthardt, Rachel Halvorson, Parker Hoerz, Katie & Maggie Rowbottom, and counselor, Rev. Carrie Kreps. Please take a moment this week to drop these folks a line. The address at camp is: Mt. Morris Camp and Conference Center, W6016 Blackhawk Rd., P.O. Box 676, Wautoma, WI 54982.

 

The MenŐs Church League Softball Team plays Tuesday, July 13, 8:30 p.m. at Whitman Field.

 

During the month of July, MenŐs Bible Study with Maurie Daigneau will meet on Wednesday, July 14 and MenŐs Ministry with Rev. Steven A. Peay, Ph.D. will meet on July 21 and July 28. Both groups meet at 6:30 a.m. in Friendship Lounge.

 

The next Adult Education will be Sunday, July 18 at 9 a.m. Rev. Kalen Fristad, author of ŇDestined for Salvation: GodŐs Promise to Save EveryoneÓ will be our guest speaker. Childcare is provided.

 

Participants in the 25th anniversary of the Milwaukee Area Ulster Project will be joining us next Sunday, July 18 for worship. The Ulster Project has provided Catholic and Protestant young people from Northern Ireland with an opportunity to live with Milwaukee area families for the month of July. Various approaches to conflict resolution in an atmosphere removed from the tensions and troubles of Northern Ireland are promoted during their time here. After the service, join our guests for coffee hour in the Lounge.  

 

Circle 8 will next meet Tuesday, Aug. 3. Details will follow.

 

Flowers are needed for worship services on October 31 and November 14. If you are interested, please call Gaye Clark at 414-453-5293.

 

The Lowel Level rooms have been renamed. B1 is now LL1. B3 is now LL2. B4 is now LL3. B5 is now LL4. B6 is now LL5.